A society of secret lists and snoopers
And that is where bobbies on the beat would have left it – but not the men who police Big Brother Britain and who must observe the box-ticking demands of their job, rather than exercising common sense.
As The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday, the mother at the centre of this case found herself with a police record after the officers logged the “incident” with the Criminal Records Bureau.
What is even more alarming is that she would never have known that such information was held on her if she hadn’t applied for a voluntary job teaching Sunday school at her church. A criminal records check identified her as a risk to children – a judgment that would be laughable if it weren’t so distressing, and damaging, to her and her family. According to the pressure group Liberty, she has no way of challenging the information held by the bureau.
Much is made of the growth of the surveillance society. We are the most spied-upon nation in Europe. A study by the independent watchdog Privacy International categorised Britain as one of the “endemic surveillance societies”, alongside Russia and China. Intrusion into our lives has become a way of life.
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I think this article makes some good points about being on lists without knowing, and what’s even worst is that she can not get off this list. That’s very wrong.
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